DVD 109 IMDB 7.4

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#3575

Action, Drama, War, Western

James Whitmore	General Oliver O. Howard
Sam Elliott	Captain Wood
Ned Romero	Chief Joseph
John Kauffman	Wahlitits
Emilio Delgado	Olloket
Nick Ramus	Rainbow
Linda Redfearn	Toma
Frank Salsedo	White Bird
Vince St. Cyr	Chief Looking Glass
Delroy White	Colonel Gibbon

Director	Richard T. Heffron
Producer	Stan Margulies; Malcolm Alper
Writer	Theodore Strauss; Jeb Rosebrook

Produced by Emmy-winner David Wolper (Roots), I Will Fight No More Forever powerfully reenacts the heroic and tragic true story of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians, whose land in Oregon's Wallowa Valley was opened in 1877 to white settlement by President Ulysses S. Grant. The Nez Perce are given 30 days in which to relocate to the Lapwai Reservation. Chief Joseph (Ned Romero), a respected leader, initially advocates peace, but over the course of the grueling 1,700-mile journey. Joseph shrewdly outmaneuvers ten pursuing units of the U.S. Army. Outnumbered, sick, and starving, Joseph is finally forced to surrender. On October 8. 1877, he makes his noble speech, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." Academy Award® nominee James Whitmore costars as compassionate General Oliver Howard, who is duty-bound to carry out orders he considers unjust. Sam Elliott also stars as his aide, Captain Wood.